| A. J. Burford |
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S/43506
13 October 1918
1st/4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Auberchicourt British Cemetery, France
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| Frederick William Duckett |
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Private
19739
abt. 1897, Mumbles, Glamorgan
26 September 1915
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9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
Grandson of Annie Duckett
of St. John's Hill, St. Athan, Cardiff. |
| David Thomas George |
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Private
38590
abt. 1898
02 September 1918
20
2nd/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
Son of David and Sarah Ann George,
of St. John's Hill, St. Athan, Cardiff. |
| G. R. Grey |
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| Albert Howe |
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Private
73742
abt. 1899
16 July 1918
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2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery, France
Youngest son of Samuel and Mary Howe,
of Church Lane, St. Athan, Cardiff.
Formerly employed as Storekeeper
in Aberthaw Cement Factory. |
| Bertie Jenkins |
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Private
35328
abt. 1895
11 July 1916
21
15th Bn. Welsh Regiment
Thiepval Memorial, France
Son of Evan Jenkins,
of Rock Race, St. Athan, Cardiff. |
| Arthur Kerman |
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Private
14914
April 1979
28 April 1917
38
11th Bn. Welsh Regiment
Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece
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| Thomas Henry Lane |
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Private
825
abt. 1880
09 September 1916
36
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
Corbie Communal Cemetery, France
Son of John and Elizabeth Lane,
of 206, Carlisle Street, Splott, Cardiff. |
| Edward Llewellyn |
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21 April 1872 (Bapt.)
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| 1891 Wales Census about Edward Llewellyn and family |
Registration district: Bridgend; Sub-District: Cowbridge;
Parish: St. Athan; County: Glamorgan |
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Thomas Llewellyn
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63
Head
Flemingston,
Glamorgan |
Mary Llewellyn
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59
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St Athan,
Glamorgan |
Edward Llewellyn
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19
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St Athan,
Glamorgan |
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Arthur Llewellyn
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16
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St Athan,
Glamorgan |
Sydney Llewellyn
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10
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St Athan,
Glamorgan |
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| Thomas Williams |
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| Cyril Brewer |
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Sergeant (Air Gunner)
1418695
abt. 1922
30 November 1944
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75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Son of John and Catherine Brewer,
of St. Athan, Glamorgan. |
| William Cain |
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3972982
abt. 1912
15 February 1944
32
1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar
Son of Edwin George and Jane Cain,
of Flemingston, Glamorgan. |
| Andrew David |
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| Roland Robbins (CWGC: Rowland Charles Robbins) |
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Corporal
PLY/X 104774
13 January 1921, Senghenydd, Glamorgan
17 August 1944
23
Royal Marines, H. M. L. C. F. 1
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK
Son of Edgar Charles and Bertha Maud Robbins, nee Morgan
of Flemington, Glamorgan. |
H. M. L. C. F. 1 (His Majesty's Landing Craft Flak No.1)
Rowland Charles Robbins were on that landing craft during Operation Neptune on August 17, 1944. The landing craft tried to reach the beach of the Normandy but was blown up and sank. |
| William Drew |
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The Cowbridge GEM published the following article on 6th of March 2009:
Why a war hero's name is last one on the memorial
The following will explain how William Drew was put on the bottom part of the war memorial.
It took him a long time to give in to the German shrapnel that caught him full in the chest in 1916.
Pte Drew was a foot-slogger in the Welsh Regiment, fighting it out in the French trenches. The shrapnel would put him in hospital for months. A year later, he was invalided out and went back to his old job as a country stonemason.
Ten years later, he was back in hospital where surgeons found a 1/4 oz piece of metal in his lung. Back home, Williams put it on the mantelpiece - a symbol of his fight to beat it; but after that he was never able to work again.
He was also left stone deaf and had one limb shorter than the other, but he never gave in to that little bit of metal and the wreck of a man it made him.
I remember one London newspaper stating in 1961 that Bill Drew, an old soldier who very gradually faded away, had died.
A doctor told a Cardiff inquest that his death was due to pneumonia caused by his war wound. The coroner recorded a verdict that William Drew died from war operations and the name Drew was added to the casualty list of World War One.
I am one of his nine children with his wife Floss, and they are both buried in St Athan churchyard.
I wish I could say more about his Army service but like many servicemen, he didn't want to talk about it. Trevor Drew, Llantwit Major |
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